Thread: The 'Great Debate' - Spitfire vs BF109
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Old 07-14-2012, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Seadog View Post
OK, Galland states in his memoirs, The First and the Last, that he asked for an "...outfit of Spitfires, for his group..."
And what does he say after that paragraph? How does he end the issue?
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A whole generation of pilots learned to treasure the Spitfire for its delightful response to aerobatic manoeuvres and its handiness as a dogfighter. Iit is odd that they had continued to esteem these qualities over those of other fighters in spite of the fact that they were of only secondary importance tactically.Thus it is doubly ironic that the Spitfire’s reputation would habitually be established by reference to archaic, non-tactical criteria.
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